Modern Mysteries

Mysterious monolith has appeared in the Nevada desert near Las Vegas

By T.K. Randall
June 18, 2024

Image: California Desert Landscape
Credit: Beachboys5500 / CC BY-SA 3.0 (adapted) Spotted by the Las Vegas Police Department during a recent search and rescue mission, the monolith is situated in a hiking area around 20 miles north of the city.

"We see a lot of weird things when people go hiking like not being prepared for the weather, not bringing enough water... but check this out!" the department wrote on Facebook.

"Over the weekend, Las Vegas Metro Search and Rescue spotted this mysterious monolith near Gass Peak north of the valley. HOW did it get up there??"

The object itself is a tall rectangular prism with a highly reflective, mirror-like surface.

Its appearance follows on from the discovery of several other monoliths in locations around the world including one that showed up in Wales earlier this year and another that was found in Utah in 2020.

Others have also shown up in California, Romania and the UK's Isle of Wight.The objects have been likened to the mysterious monoliths of Arthur C Clarke's iconic science fiction novel 2001: A Space Odyssey and director Stanley Kubrick's movie adaptation.

Questions still remain concerning the purpose of the structures and who is behind them.

Could they be an art installation of some kind, or is there some other significance to them ?

Is it the same person who is putting them up everywhere or are several different people responsible ?

The search for answers continues.



Source: BBC News

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